Fade Friday – BIG JOHN M1 Thin M106C (18 Months, 3 Washes)

This week’s Fade Friday comes to us thanks to the collaboration of Ryu Adachi, designer at BIG JOHN, and his BIG JOHN M1 THIN (M106C). He wore the jeans intensively the first year before scaling back to roughly twice a week for the next 6 months.

He has washed the pair 3 times over the 18 month span; the first wash after 7 months, the second at the 1 year mark and the third after 1.5 years, always with cold water and minimal soap. The denim is RURI, a 14.5oz BIG JOHN original Japanese sanforized selvedge denim designed “to replicate the color of the best selling BIG JOHN jeans in the 1970’s”.

very nice! i like how the creases around the knees are formed. good stuff

kai

I dont know if it’s the camera but not digging the colour tone of these jeans !!!

shuttup

this jeans will be a little off for devan’s taste

Devan Prithipaul

I’m not a huge fan personally but I think they look nice. That blue is very nice and unusual in raw denim. a good example of denim being done differently.

MattyG

Not a huge fan but think they look nice??? Make up your mind mate. You are just making comments for the sake of it lately.

Devan Prithipaul

not really, i can appreciate why these jeans look nice even if they dont look like something i would wear.

Kyle

I’m not a big fan of the even sanforized texture, but I kind of like the overall color – that light blue looks nice. This pair has a pleasant, summery sort of vibe that you don’t see often from raw denim.

jon

Really liking the color. Can’t wait for my APC’s to get to a lighter color, I’m getting tired of having only dark colored jeans

Davil

Love the concept, the denim, and the fades! I think some people get confused when comparing oldschool denim cuts or frabrics with some of the newer edgier designs. I think this color is perfect for 70’s denim, and the fabric has faded nicely without any damage that I can see.

Johnny Hope

visually the back pocket are not the same…this is a modded jean version…the cut resembles Nudie Thin Finns…I reckon…

Rohit Singh

You are correct, these are exactly like thin finn, even denim type, why Big John may do this??? Strange 🙁

erock

no patch?

eric1997

what happened to the patch there bi?

eric97

I’m always curious, where does the pocket stitching go?

h4d

These look great, they remind me of how acne jeans fade. The knees are really cool with those soft rolls! I bet these jeans are ultra comfy